Camera view-finder.



5. A. BRADLEY. CAMERA VIEW FINDER. V

APPLICATION FILED IAN. 13| 1915.

1,151,157. Patented Aug; 21, 1915.

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camera lens front UNITED STATES PATENT oinnoiia EUGENE A. BRADLEY, 0F GRGETOWN, KENTUCKY.

CAMERA. VIEW-FINDER.

To all vii/1.0m, it m r1.1/ concern Be it known that l, EUGENE A. BRADLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Georgetown, in the county .of Scott .and State oflentucky, have invented new and useful Improvements in Camera View- Finders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in camera View finders and more particularly to a cainera view ndei.

Most portable cameras are provided with view finders and particularly a View finder is necessary in the roll iilin camera. ln such cameras the view finder is mounted upon either a fixed or movable part of the camera frame or upon the camera lens frame. The lens carryingJ frame' or front is usually mounted for lvertical adjustment so that while the surface ht' the plate or lm remains vertical, the vertical adjustment of the lens will include in the photograph points above or below the usual view `without disturbing the focus or vertical posi- .tion of the plate or film. -ln roll ilm canieras the vertical adjustment of lens front is the matter of conjecture.

` lt is 'the object of this invention to construct a view finder for a portable camera which can bev adjusted independently oif'the to indicate the exact amount of adjustment of the lens iront to include such pointsas appear upon the ground glass of the adjusteddinder.

While the preferred form of this inven tion is illustrated upon the accompanyingi` sheet of drawing yet it is to be understood that minor detail changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof.

Figure l represents, in front elevation, a conventional form lof a vertically adjustable lens carrying front, with parts broken away, and supporting thereon a View inder in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail view in front elevationof this improved view finder. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of Fig. 2, with parts shown in section. Fig. 4 is a view in side elevation or Fig. 2 with parts shown in section. f

In carrying `out this invention the lens 1 of the view finder is carried upon a plate 2 mounted to slide vertically upon the front 3 of the finder and the front is provided with an elongated central vertical opening or slot at through which the rays of light through the lens may travel. A11 indicator 5 Specification of Letters atcut.

Application tiled .anuary 13, 3915.

Serial No. 2,965;

is provided at one side of the center of the` lens support 6 andthe adjacent edge of the finder front opening is provided .with a scale 7, having a zero or other mark to indicate Patented A113324, ll. b

the central or'n'ormal position of the finder lens. The finder lens plate Zniay4 be mountved in any preferred manner upon the iiidcr front. Figs. 3 and 4 illustratethe side edges of the finder front turne in u on themselves to form plate guides 8. he plate f2 may 'ne' secured after adjustment in any manner,"however, it is preferable to provide a set screw 9 carrying upon the plate 2 passing through an elongated vertical slot l0 as ou one side of the central finder opening, said set screw having a portion adapted to engage the finder front 'to clamp the .plate thereto in an adjusted position.

Fig. l illustrates conventional. forni of vertiially adjustable camera lens frame or trout in which the lens frame ll is n'iount-ed to slide upon two vertical posts l2." More ment may be imparted ,to the lens frame hy a lcnurled nut 13 mounted upon one of the posts. scale 14 is'provided upon one of the posts of such relation tothe View finder scale that the movement of the camera .lensj frame through one division thereof wili cause the saine relative change between the camera lens and ilm as between the finder lens and i'iiidei' glass upon movement of the finder lens through one division of the finder l`cale.

lt is to he understood that the finder may he located at any desirable portion upon the camera and it is not limited to the position i illustrated on Fig. 1 nor is the particular forni ot vertical adjustment of the camera lens front limited to the form illustrated, as'

for movement with the lenstraveling between the sides of the slots.

2. A camera View nder comprising a finder frame, having an elongated vertical slot provided in the front thereof, a finder lens, a plate carrying the lens mounted for moving the lens in line with the slot, a scale upon the finder frame, and means for securing the lens in adjustable position.

3. A camera View nc'excomlwlsing a ndex: frame, having an elongated ,central Verme-a1 soapxo'vlded 1n he from, theref, a mler flens? a plate cal-Wing the lens munted for verhaal movement Wligh the, lens 1n hue-with the slot, a scale upon the ndel' kjame, the from; 'Aat one 51de of me first slut ha'vmg a @and elongated slot provlded therem, and

a set. screw varied l pen the plate passing through sald second slot and adapted tu en- 10 gage the front to hohl the leus 1n adjusted 

